1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash · Northern Territory
On August 13, 1989, 1989 Alice Springs hot air balloon crash (Northern Territory). 13 people died.
- Date
- August 13, 1989
- Place
- Northern Territory
- Killed
- 13
- Position
- 23.983°S, 134.057°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q4585026
From Wikipedia
On 13 August 1989, two hot air balloons collided near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, causing one to crash to the ground, killing thirteen people. It was the world's deadliest ever ballooning disaster until February 2013, when a balloon accident near Luxor, Egypt killed 19 people. As of May 2023, it remains the deadliest ever ballooning accident in Australia, and the third-deadliest worldwide, surpassed only by the Egypt crash and a balloon accident in Texas in 2016 that claimed the lives of 16 people.
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